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... on the ground floor, and mostly living accommodation above. And almost every building in a very poor state of repair, matching the pavement and street outside. Very few of the businesses are shops. The majority are engaged in industrial activity of some sort. Welding torches blazing every few yards, making an additional hazard to walking on the pavement. Occasionally some heavy duty engineering, with quite young boys crouched over the innards of a ...

... waters around Nuangshwe were diluted mud, and soon after we reached the entrance to the massive Lake Inle, our boat diverts towards a very theatrical fisherman, posing at full stretch demonstating his one leg rowing technique. We smiled and declined this very obvious photo opportunity. We were also eager to get to the five day market, today it was held at the pagoda at Pheng Day Oo (I think), an hour's travel away. But a good boatsman wouldn't take us straight ...

... in mind. When Mike stepped onto this he quickly started to sink and got very wet feet!!

The lake is tourist heaven & the boat men are very keen to take you to all the sights on the lake. The lotus weaving was really cool, the locals pull the stem apart to reveal very thin strands, which the bind together, 4000 stems later they have 1 meter ready to be spun into thread. Lotus thread is quite coarse & with that amount of effort, incredibly expensive! ...

... know the guesthouse where the rest of our luggage was. We walked around for a bit and some random bloke in the street guessed where we might be going and showed us the way. We eventually found it and our bags :-)

It was a great experience, probably the highlight of Myanmar for me. All for the grand sum of US$45!! Well worth it. Something I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting the area. Far more fun than simply taking the bus to the lake. ...

... followed it. Generally referred to as a floating market it is substantially on the shore but with most people arriving by boat. There are a few vendors on canoes but that's not very practical. This must be the 2nd thing (after the monk monastery procession) that all toursists do here and there are lots of them. At first I fear the worst as all the initial stalls are just for toursits but I escape to the back and find all the traditional stuff in full swing. See the ...